Straining attachment for milk-cans.



m0. 75 5, 60 9. PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

J. H. BLANBY. STRAINING ATTACHMENT r011 MILK CANS.

APPLICATION FILED 00115, 1903.

, IBatented March 29.. 1994.

Starts PATENT OFFICE.

time HENRY BLANEY, or FENAGHVALE, CANADA.

. iSwTRAlNiNG ATTAGHMENT FOR uirmus.-

EHF'EQIFKGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,609, dated March 29, 1904. Application filed October 15, 1903- Serial No. 177,173. (No model.)

To cal/Z whom it may concern:

it known that I, JAMEs-HENRY BLANEY,

oi? the village of Fenaghvale, in the county of Prescott, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straining Attachments for Milk-Cans, of whichthe :t'oiiowiug is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in straining attachments for milk-cans; and the objects oi a1 simpie rainer which may be readily attached to or removed from the upperend oi Milli-Call and means on the device for re vabty securing astrainer, of cheese-cloth or other suits-ole material, thereto, so as to extend over the mouth of the can further 010- tail, as hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 is a side view of the upper portion of a miik-can with thestrainer attached thereto, a portion of the can and strainer being cut away to iiiustrate the construction. Fig. 2 is perspectiveview of the strainer with a portion broken away for the purpose of illustration. v

in, the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the milk-can, which is of ordinary construction, having the overturned upper edge a.

E the main portion or body of the strainer,

which has c lownwardlyextending flange 6, having its iower edge 6' preferably turned up, as shown. .The upper edge 6 of this flange is turned horizontally outward.

' if is an inwardly and downwardly sloping portion, the lower end thereof, 5*, being bent over. The upper edge of this sloping por- '"'in is bent around the flange b and soldered otherwise secured thereto. A grooved pory invention are to provide a cheap tion 6' is intended to form a groove to receive the upper edge of the milk-can.

- b is an annular upright portion which is secured to the sloping portion 12 by any suit-,- able means, such as a flange 6 secured thereto. The upper edge of the portion 6 is preferably bent around a stiflening-rod, as shown.

C is the clamping-ring, the upper edge a which is doubled back on itself, and the lower edge 0' is bentaround a stifiening-rod.

D is the straining-cloth, which is clamped between the upright portion and the clamping-ring C. This cloth may be of any suitable material and may be of one or more thicknesses, as desired.

It will now be seen that byplacing the strainer on the top of a milk-can the milk may be poured through the cloth, thereby thoroughly straining the milk in-a very convenient manner, and, further, the cloth may be removed from the strainer and washed with great ease, whereas the ordinary wire strainers generally used at present arezmore difiicult to thoroughly wash and do not strain the milk as satisfactorily as a strainer such as I have described.

Another advantage of this strainer is that the milk does not splashas it is poured through the cloth.

- The object of the inwardly and downwardly sloping flange b is to impart a stifliness and rigidity to the construction inorder to make it more durable.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a device of. the class described the combination of a vertical ring or band, an inwardly and downwardly sloping portion secured thereto, an upwardly-extending portion secured to the. inwardly sl oping portion, a clamping-ring, and a cloth strainer adapted to be clamped between the inside of said clamping-ring and the butside of said upwardly-extending portion and to completely cover the upper opening of themilk-can as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device'of the class described in combination a vertical ring or band, having a horizontal flange formedwaround its upperedge,

an inwardly and downwardly sloping portion having its upper edge bent around said downwardly-extemzing flange @1151 having a groove. its edges clamped between said clampingrring formed in lts upper porn-0n t0 recewe'the 11p-' and sand upwardly-extending portion 25 and )9! ed. e (if the milk man an upward 7 exfor the 111' ose saecified.

tending pgxtio'n seemed L 9 said inwarglly and Signed at; the village of J miKlbeK Hill this 5 downwardiy sloping'portlon and havmg the 28th day of September, 1903.

upper edge theireof bani around a si-ifiening- Um rod, a clamping-ring having the lower edge J thereof bent airound a, s'tifiening -r0c1 and a Witnesses:

sfiminingmloth adaptedvto extend completely FREDEMQK WILLIAM THISTLETHWAITE,

.16 over ighe uppew POXfiGR 0f the cau md having PETER SYLVE EB PAQUETTE. 

